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Gas leak causes evacuations, shuts down road in west Melbourne, fire officials say

By Kelly Healey
By Kelly Healey
Three homes were evacuated Thursday due to a gas leak in west Melbourne, officials with Brevard County Fire Rescue said.  
Hazmat crews are at the scene on Hollywood Boulevard, officials said.
A crew working for the city to resurface the road was mixing materials when the incident happened, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue.
"This morning they started out doing the scraping of the road, they moved all their heavy equipment down, and apparently, when they were moving the equipment, they ruptured a gas line," said an official.
Crews said they were going down about 12 inches when they hit the pipe.
No injuries have been reported.
Crews are working to fix the gas main pipe and expect the road to be shut down overnight.

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